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|Partner organisations=Enviornment Agency, University of Birmingham | |Partner organisations=Enviornment Agency, University of Birmingham | ||
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|Project summary=The River Cole is 34km in length, rising in northeast Worcestershire then flowing in a north easterly direction through Birmingham before joining the River Blythe in North Warwickshire. During the late Victorian era a section of the river in east Birmingham was diverted into a gun-barrel straight, engineered millstream and the original river was lost. During the summer of 2024 we undertook a project to transform a 1km section of this featureless millstream to allow it to behave more like a naturally functioning river. By re-profiling the banks and introducing a range of features including mid-channel bars, inset berms, large woody material and gravels we have kick started natural process. By making space for the river the forces of erosion and deposition, previously shackled, have now been freed. These introduced features will transform the uniform flow of this subreach with the development of pool-riffle sequences and flow variability. With time this engineered Victorian millstream will begin to resemble the original sinuous river that it replaced over 100 years ago. | |Project summary=The River Cole is 34km in length, rising in northeast Worcestershire then flowing in a north easterly direction through Birmingham before joining the River Blythe in North Warwickshire. During the late Victorian era a section of the river in east Birmingham was diverted into a gun-barrel straight, engineered millstream and the original river was lost. During the summer of 2024 we undertook a project to transform a 1km section of this featureless millstream to allow it to behave more like a naturally functioning river. By re-profiling the banks and introducing a range of features including mid-channel bars, inset berms, large woody material and gravels we have kick started natural process. By making space for the river the forces of erosion and deposition, previously shackled, have now been freed. These introduced features will transform the uniform flow of this subreach with the development of pool-riffle sequences and flow variability. With time this engineered Victorian millstream will begin to resemble the original sinuous river that it replaced over 100 years ago. | ||
|Monitoring surveys and results=Baseline MoRPh10 survey undertaken in June 2022. Data available on Cartographer website | |Monitoring surveys and results=Baseline MoRPh10 survey undertaken in June 2022. Data available on Cartographer website | ||
Revision as of 10:14, 13 November 2024
Project overview
| Status | Complete |
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| Project web site | |
| Themes | Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Land use management - agriculture, Water quality |
| Country | England |
| Main contact forename | Emily |
| Main contact surname | Farrell |
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| Contact organisation | Ebsford Environmental Ltd |
| Contact organisation web site | http://https://ebsford.co.uk/ |
| Partner organisations | Enviornment Agency, University of Birmingham |
| Parent multi-site project | |
| This is a parent project encompassing the following projects |
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Project summary
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The River Cole is 34km in length, rising in northeast Worcestershire then flowing in a north easterly direction through Birmingham before joining the River Blythe in North Warwickshire. During the late Victorian era a section of the river in east Birmingham was diverted into a gun-barrel straight, engineered millstream and the original river was lost. During the summer of 2024 we undertook a project to transform a 1km section of this featureless millstream to allow it to behave more like a naturally functioning river. By re-profiling the banks and introducing a range of features including mid-channel bars, inset berms, large woody material and gravels we have kick started natural process. By making space for the river the forces of erosion and deposition, previously shackled, have now been freed. These introduced features will transform the uniform flow of this subreach with the development of pool-riffle sequences and flow variability. With time this engineered Victorian millstream will begin to resemble the original sinuous river that it replaced over 100 years ago.
Monitoring surveys and results
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Baseline MoRPh10 survey undertaken in June 2022. Data available on Cartographer website
Post-project MoRPh10 survey to be undertaken in summer 2025
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Site
| Name | Heybarnes Recreation Ground |
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| WFD water body codes | GB104028042502 |
| WFD (national) typology | |
| WFD water body name | Cole from Springfield to Hatchford-Kingshurst Brook Water Body |
| Pre-project morphology | Straightened |
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| Desired post project morphology | Low gradient passively meandering |
| Heavily modified water body | No |
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| Protected species present | No |
| Invasive species present | Yes |
| Species of interest | Reynoutria japonica syn. Fallopia japonica, Heracleum mantegazzianum, Impatiens glandulifera |
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| Dominant substrate | Gravel |
| River corridor land use | Parklands garden |
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